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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

B. 0. SMITH.

FLUSHING BASIN FOR WATER GLOSETS.

Patented Dec. 5, 1882.

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(No Model.)

B. 0. SMITH. FLUSHING BASIN FOR WATER GLOSETS,

Patented .Dec. 5; 1882.-

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' UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

BENJAMIN (L'SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO FRED. ADEE, OF

' SAME PLACE. t

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,740, dated December 5, 1862.

Application filed September 19, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, BENJAMIN 0. SMITH, a citizen of the United States',residing at New York, in the county of'New York and State of 5 New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flushing-Basins for Water- (Jlosets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of waterclosets whereinthe basin or bowl is provided at its top edge with a hollow or channeled rim constructed to receive the inflowing water and direct it in a stream or streams downward along and around the interior surface of the basin or bowl.

The object'ot' 1n yinvention is to providea construction and arrangement of passages in the hollow rim whereby the usual flushing sheet or stream of water as it passes downward along the surface of the basin is'interrupted in its flow and broken up or divided by deflected cross currents or streams of water to more effectively scour or cleanse the basin throughout its entire surface and cause the water to tumble about in the basin and the trap.

The object of my invention is accomplished by the construction of water-closet basin or bowl illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which I 0 Figure 1. represents a horizontal sectional view taken centrally through the flushing-rim at the top of the basin; Fig. 2, a broken vertical sectional view through the supply neck or orifice; Fig. 3, a horizontal sectional view through the flushing-rim, similar to Fig. 1, showing the basin provided with a fan-shaped orifice to spread the infiowing stream as it passes to the basin; Fig. 4, a vertical sectional view on the line a: .r of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a hori- 0 zontal sectional view through the flushingrim, and showing a modification of my invention and Fig. 6, a vertical sectional view on the line 3 y of Fig. 5.

In order that others skilled in the art may 43 make and use the invention, I will now proceed to give a detailed description of the same,

reference being first had to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and

4 of the accompanying drawings, where the number 1 indicates the basin or bowl, which may be of suitable or usual form, and is provided around its upper or top edge with an annular channel or hollow flushing-rim, 2, communicating with the source of water-supply by a tubular neck or other orifice, 3. The bottom wall, 4, of the channel or rim is provided with square or other shapedopenings or flushing orifices, 5, arranged around the channel or hollow rim, directly against the wall of the basin proper, all in such manner that the in-. flowing water delivered to the channel or rim will pass through 'the said orifices downward along the inner surface of the basin. In such water-closet basins these main or ordinary flushing streams pass in a straight course down to the bottom opening, and there are 6 places-intermediate of the separate streams which are not properly scoured or cleansed by the water. In order to effectually overcome such 0hjection,I form through the bottom wall,

4, of the channel or rim, adjacent to or adjoin- 7o ing its inner verticalor upright wall, 6 a series of supplemental or secondary passages, 7

which are suitably disposed around the basin, and are preferably arranged in pairs-that is, two of such passages are located in jhxtaposition-and are so constructed as to stand in oblique directions,so that such passages diverge from each other toward the bottom of the basin. By this means part of the flushing-stream which is delivered to the annular channel or rim will be deflected, and thus directed in oblique or diverging lines across the main flushingstreams, introduced into the basin through the orifices 5, thereby interrupting the downward flow of the said streams 8 5 and serving to break the same up and cause "the water to tumble about in the basin.

In Fig. 3 l have shown a fan-shaped recess or slot, 8, located at the supply-orifice adjacent to the wall of the basin, the object of which is to introduce a stream of water and spread it into fan-shape around the basin. In this instance the oblique or diagonal passage 7 nearest the supply-orifice will deflect and direct the opposingorcountercurrents orstreams 9 5 of water into opposite sides of the fan-shaped stream, and the course of the. other entering streams will all be in a manner similar to or like the light and heavy dotted lines, the light dotted lines indicating the usual main flush- 10o 2 assume ing-streams, which flow in a straight downward direction, while the heavy dotted lines indicate the deflected cross or counter streams which interrupt the flow of the main flushingstreams.

In Figs. 5and 6 I have illustrated a modification of myinventiou. In this example the basin 1 is provided with the annular channel or hollow rim 2, and the diagonal or oblique passages, as in the form r constructions; but the bottom wall, 4, of the channel or rim is provided with an attached annular flange, 9, which has a slight curve to bring its lower edge, 10, adjacent to the wall of the basin. This edge of the flange is a suflicient distance away from the wall of the basin to leave a narrow space, 11, for the flow of the main flushing-stream to the basin. The supply neck or orifice 3 is so shaped that a portion of the inflowing water will be directed into the channel12, formed between the basin and the flange, while aportion of the water will passinto the annular channel or hollow rim 2, to be delivered to the basin through the oblique or diagonal passages 7. The water entering the neck or orifice to supply the channel 12 enters the latter by a passage-way, 13, while the water to supply the annular rim 2 enters at 14, as will be obvious by reference to Fig. 5. The water which flows into the channel 12 will be directed around the same and pass to the basin through the space 11 in the form of a thin sheet, as ordinarily, so that such water is caused to pass directly down along the inner surface of the basins wall. In such passage the sheet of downwardly flowing water is struck by the deflected oblique or diagonal streams entering through the passages 7, which latter streams, by crossing the descending stream entering through 11, interrupt the downward flow of the latter, and the whole is violently agitated and caused to thoroughly act on every part of the surface of the basin, thereby efficiently scouring or cleansing the same and retaining it in aclean and compara- 5 lively pure condition. In operation the deflected or opposing currents of water, by being deflected onto another stream, which either descends in a straight line or travels in a direction around the basin, will produce such an agitation and tumbling of the water as to producea result in the basin-trap similar to pouring a pail of water into the basin.

What I claim is- 1. A water-closet basin constructed to deliver therein a main flushing stream or streams of water, and provided with an oblique passage or passages formed through the bottom wall of an annular channel or rim at the top of the basin to introduce a current or currents of water, and by such oblique arrangement of the passage or passages deflect the water on the main flushing stream or streams to, oppose or interrupt the course of the same through the basin, substantially as described.

2. A water-closet basin having at its upper edge an orifice to deliver therein the main flushing-stream of water, and an annular channel or hollow rim, the bottom wall of which is formed with passages which extend through the said bottom wall in an oblique direction, substantially as described.

3. A water-closet basin having at its upper edge an orifice to deliver therein the main flushing-stream of water, and an annular channel or hollow rim, the bottom wall of which is provided with pairs of passages 7, each pair of which extends through said bottom wall in lines which diverge from each other toward the bottom of the basin, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJ. 0. SMITH. Witnesses:

JNo. S. PATTERSON, CHAS. T. VALENTINE. 

